- Date
- May 6, 1965
- Place
- Esterwood, LA · ESTERWOOD, LA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N520YGrumman G-164
- Status
- Completed · report July 27, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 181701
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1277 65/5/6 ESTERWOOD LA GRUMMAN G-164 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 34, 12840 TIME - 1815 N520Y PX- 0 0 0 AERIAL APPLICATION TOTAL HOURS, 2300 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: PROCEDURE TURNAROUND NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - ENGINE STRUCTURE: BLOWER,IMPELLER ASSEMBLY MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND SPECIAL DATA TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL - 2300 KIND OF OPERATION - FERTILIZING (DUST) KIND OF CROP - RICE TYPE OF CHEMICAL USED - DRY CHEMICAL-NONTOXIC PILOT' S SEAT BELT -FASTENED-PROPERLY GLOVES - NOT USED GOGGLES - USED CRASH HELMET - AVAILABLE USED COCKPIT CRASHPAD - INSTALLED CRASH BAR - INSTALLED TANK/HOPPER-LOCATION - FORWARD OF PILOT TERRAIN-TYPE -LEVEL,FLAT ELEVATION-AREA BEING TREATED-FEET - 26 SWATH RUN-HOW FLOWN - CROSSWIND PROCEDURE TURNAROUND - THIRD 1/3 TURN REMARKS- MATERIAL FAILURE OF BLOWER SEAL AND BEARING
Aircraft
- Registration
- N520Y
- Reported as
- Grumman G-164
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N520YRegistration cancelled Aug 15, 2013 · Grumman G-164Airframe modelGrumman G-164Engine modelPratt & Whitney R1340 series
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Other investigations on N520Y · 3
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
NTSB DFW08LA178Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportStotesbury, MOFracture of the engine's number eight cylinder barrel resulting in a loss of engine power. Contributing to the accident was the lack of suitable terrain for a forced landing.NTSB DEN73DTE37Accident · No injuriesClosedJoes, CONTSB FTW70F0063Accident · Minor injuriesClosedKaplan, LA